Commute Comparison
Drive, train or bike — compare the real cost, time and carbon.
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Compare commuting options across money, time and emissions, including the costs people forget: depreciation, parking, and the value of time spent. Presenting three incommensurable dimensions without falsely reducing them to one number is the design challenge.
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Core features · 7
- Enter distance and frequency of commute
- Compare several transport modes side by side
- Costs include fuel, depreciation, parking and fares
- Time cost is included at a configurable hourly value
- Carbon emissions estimate per mode
- The three dimensions are shown without collapsing to one score
- The comparison encodes into a shareable URL
The interesting part
- Presenting three incomparable dimensions honestly
- Vehicle depreciation being non-linear with mileage
- Sourcing defensible emissions figures
Once it works
- Add mixed-mode journeys
- Add annual totals and a break-even analysis for buying a bike
- Add local fuel price lookup
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